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Kazakhstani sprinter (born 1984)
Olga Tereshkova
(nee
Tsykunova
; born 26 October 1984) is a
Kazakhstani
former sprinter who specialized in the
400 metres
.
At the age of 16, she just missed out on a medal in the 400 m at the
2001 World Youth Championships in Athletics
. Following this she made a number of appearances with the
4 x 400 metres relay
team, taking silver at the
2002 Asian Games
. She made her first appearance on the senior world stage when she took part in the
4 x 400 relay race
at the
2003 World Championships in Athletics
. She won further silver relay medals at the
2005 Asian Athletics Championships
and the
2006 Asian Games
. She also made her first impact in the individual senior events at the Asian Games, beating
Manjit Kaur
to the gold in the 400 m.
She set her personal best time of 51.62 seconds at the
2007 Universiade
in
Bangkok
. She was knocked out in the heats at the
2007 World Championships in Athletics
, but she had regional success soon after, taking bronze at the
2007 Asian Indoor Games
. She also won gold with the women's Kazakhstan relay team, setting an
Asian Indoor Games record
in the process.
She
represented her country
in the
400 metres race
at the
2008 Beijing Olympics
, but she was again knocked out at the heats stage. Tereshkova competed at the
2009 Asian Indoor Games
and reached the 400 m final but did not manage to win a medal.
Doping
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At the
2011 Asian Athletics Championships
she won the 400 m title and the relay silver with the Kazakhstan women's team. However, she lost these medals as her drug test at the competition came back positive for excess testosterone.
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She received a two-year ban from the sport beginning from July 2011. On 19 March 2014 she again tested positive for an illegal substance,
Methyltestosterone
, and received a lifetime ban.
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